The Influences Of John Steinbeck's Writing

In his works of literature John Steinbeck was influenced by a variety factors, including his relationship to his mother and his early school teacher, other works of literature, and his experience working on ranches in California. Similar to most artists, Steinbeck also had multiple reasons for his writing. Most of those reasons were influenced by his own personal opinion and also by those who surrounded him in his life. At a young age, Steinbeck was influenced to write by some of his loved ones, either at home or at school. While exploring through the literature of a book “Le morte d’Arthur” written by Thomas Malory, he was motivated to engage in writing. Along with influential books, Steinbeck's setting and time also had a major impact into …show more content…
Steinbeck was born and raised in California, but his family originated from European decent. Therefore, where exactly initiated his passion for writing? The significant attention to writing and reading began within Steinbeck’s family. His mom, Olive Hamilton, was a school teacher, and from her occupation Steinbeck grew up to be passionate about writing. Besides the influence of writing within his family, his college professor, Edith Mirrielees, also encouraged his focus on the importance of grammar. For example, she taught him that he needed to practice writing powerful sentences that way he would become a successful writer. Because of Steinbeck’s influence of his teacher, he learned to apply proper skills to his writings. Fortunately, Steinbeck’s life long friend, Edd Ricketts, also inspired him. Ricketts influenced Steinbeck to write the a short novel. For example, The Pearl, it was an inspiration of the Indians from the gulf of California. While Steinbeck and Ricketts explored the marine life, Steinbeck acknowledged the unfair system between the Indians and society. The discrimination on Indian lives were then another reason for Steinbeck to write. Within the period of time, 1930 to 1941, during their close friendship, Steinbeck was able to publish a few of his most successful pieces of …show more content…
At that age, Steinbeck started his way to work and reflect the importance of literature in his life. The book, Le Morte D’Arthur, by Thomas Malory, cooperated in affecting Steinbeck's reaction as a reader. From this book, Steinbeck was affected by the sense of good and evil that was portrayed. Because of this, he felt that he identified himself to those of the outer society, than from the society within. Under those circumstances, Steinbeck was inspired to write characters similar to people who surrounded him, like the farmers from the